RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

• US 20090135135A1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsurumi, Takehiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,872,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a recording means for storing a plurality of images in groups; a display means for displaying images stored in the recording means; a detecting means for detecting a part of a human body or an object in a predetermined form; and a display switching means for switching images to be displayed on the display means in accordance with a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means.

Claims

1. A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

a recording means for storing a plurality of images in groups;

a display means for displaying images stored in the recording means;

a detecting means for detecting a part of a human body or an object in a predetermined form; and

a display switching means for switching images to be displayed on the display means in accordance with a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means.

2. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means is a first form, the display switching means displays a first object that switches the displayed image so as to move the first object together with a motion of the part of the human body or the object in the first form.

3. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means is a second form, the display switching means displays a second object that switches the displayed image so as to move the second object together with a motion of the part of the human body or the object in the second form, and the display switching means moves the displayed image as the displayed image moving together with the motion of the part of the human body or the object for switching.

4. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting means is a third form, the display switching means displays a third object that switches the displayed image so as to move the third object together with a motion of the part of the human body or the object in the third form, and the display switching means moves the displayed image as the displayed image moving together with the motion of the part of the human body or the object for switching.

5. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a rate of travel of the part of the human body or the object in the second form detected by the detecting means is a predetermined speed or above, the display switching means moves the image faster than an image travel rate when the rate of travel is a predetermined speed or below.

6. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when a rate of travel of the part of the human body or the object in the third form detected by the detecting means is a predetermined speed or above, the display switching means moves the image faster than an image travel rate when the rate of travel is a predetermined speed or below.

7. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

8. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

9. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

10. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

11. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

12. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display means horizontally displays images in a main group at a center, and displays images in a group adjacent to the main group above and below the displayed images in the main group.

13. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display switching means moves the displayed image horizontally.

14. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display switching means moves the displayed image vertically.

15. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means has a CCD or a CMOS imager, and

the display means has a liquid crystal panel.

16. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means and display means are configured by a liquid crystal panel having an optical sensor incorporated therein.

17. The recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays a group name of images in the main group simultaneously.

18. A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

a recording unit configured to store a plurality of images in groups;

a display unit configured to display images stored in the recording unit;

a detecting unit configured to detect a part of a human body or an object in a predetermined form; and

a display switching unit configured to switch images to be displayed on the display unit in accordance with a form of a part of a human body or a form of an object detected by the detecting unit.